Life Is A Stage Poem by Aniruddha Pathak

Life Is A Stage

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When ye retire to sleep at night’s moon,
Feel as if entering a Green Room,
The play hath ended, yet the scene still on,
The dress and décor of the day still donned;
The act nor role has been done as yet,
No one has been allowed a let—
To take off sweaty dress nor easy make,
As if there may follow another take
Soon at the crack of morrow’s dawn;
Be ready and suppress thine yawn,
Place thy self at His disposal,
He knows, for ‘tis His proposal;
It is He who hast writ the play,
Knoweth He the end as ends the day,
He every twist knows, every turn,
Thy job’s to act, and then return.
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Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-William Shakespeare

This theme, ‘life is a stage; we are all actors, and He alone
directs’, is being utilised by many a poet for centuries. But
it was first used thousands of years back in ancient India
when Vedas were written perhaps spanning over centuries,
and contributed by so many of our sages and seers. The
above is a translation of some (shlokas/mantras) verses
from Atharva Veda. Of course, the translation is not literal.
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- Translations | 04.09.10 |

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Aniruddha Pathak 08 May 2019

Poem: 37195303 - Life Is A Stage Member: Dr Dillip K Swain Comment: When ye retire to sleep at night’s moon, Feel as if entering a Green Room.....I find Shakespearean tone in this beautiful poem sir! So well penned....10 You are right Dr Swain it sounds Shakespearean. But as I've said in the notes, Atharva Veda it was that used this concept of life as a play, and we all as on a stage. It is unfortunate, we're more familiar with WS and not what Vedas said. Thanks for the feedback.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 07 May 2019

When ye retire to sleep at night’s moon, Feel as if entering a Green Room.....I find Shakespearean tone in this beautiful poem sir! So well penned....10

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